Former Australian cricketer Meg Lanning has been named Prime Video’s official ambassador for its exclusive broadcast of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup.
Affectionately known as ‘the Megastar’, Lanning is one of Australia’s most decorated female cricketers, with over seven ICC World Cup wins to her name, including five of them as captain of the Australian side. In what is Australia’s first World Cup campaign without Lanning, announcing her retirement late last year, the former Australian captain will become an expert for Prime Video, providing insight and analysis of the tournament.
“Meg Lanning is one of Australia’s most iconic cricketers, and we are delighted to welcome her to Prime Video as our ambassador for the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup this October,” said Head of Prime Video Australia and New Zealand, Hwei Loke. “We are dedicated to providing our members with a premier sport viewing experience, and are thrilled to honour this with exclusive coverage of the biggest moment in global women’s cricket, with every match of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup available on Prime Video live and on any device.”
“I am thrilled to work with the Prime Video team as an ambassador for its exclusive broadcast of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup this year,” said Lanning. “Being the first World Cup since my retirement from international cricket, I’m looking forward to enjoying the tournament from a new perspective that I haven’t had before. It’s set to be a cracking tournament, with the Aussies looking strong (as always!) and I’m pumped to follow their progress live and exclusively on Prime Video.”
Prime Video holds the live Australian broadcast rights for ICC cricket events for the next four years.
Commencing from 3 – 21 October, the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup will ignite cricket fans across the globe as the tournament will be hosted in the United Arab Emirates for the first time, across two venues in Dubai and Sharjah. In its ninth edition, 10 teams will battle it out in 23 matches as the Australian Women’s team strive to take out their fourth ICC Women’s T20 World Cup trophy in a row. Original host Bangladesh will play the curtain raiser against Scotland in Sharjah before Australia plays its first match against Sri Lanka on 6 October. The semi-finals will get under way on 18 October in Dubai, with the 2024 ICC Women’s T20 World Cup champions crowned on 21 October. All the big hits, all the wickets and all the big moments, live on Prime Video.
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